Can-server



C. VALL.

CAN SERVER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1. I9I9.

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CAN SERVER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 7. 1919.

Patented July 29, 1919. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 W7 ffiissis v INVENTORCZLILVQZZ CARL VALL, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

CAN-SERVER.

Application filed April 7, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL VALL, a subject of the King of Italy, residingat Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Can-Servers; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, and to the reference-numerals markedthereon.

My present invention relates to receptacles and more particularly toholders for use in serving canned liquids such as evaporated milk,syrup, etc. and it has for its object to provide a simple, eflicient andconvenient serving device of this nature which may be cheaplymanufactured and sold at a moderate price and which will be neat andattractive in appearance and easy to clean. To these and other ends theinvention resides in certain improvements and combinations of parts allas will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features beingpointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

'In the drawings:

Figure 1 is aside view of a can server constructed in accordance withand illustrating one embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a top view with the cover raised and showing the manner inwhich the can is inserted;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing the relationship with the canafter the latter has been punctured, and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary horizontal section on the line 55 of Fig. 1.

Similar reference numerals throughout the several views indicate thesame parts.

The device comprises generally a container conforming to the shape ofthe can and adapted, in the present instance, to tightly inclose andconceal it and provided on the container wall is a spout having a knifeat the base thereof which puctures the can and opens the passage intothe spout through which the contents may be poured, as needed inordinary table use. This arrangement provides a more sightly, clean andconvenient mode of use than is otherwise pgssible in serving from theoriginal package.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the Specification of LettersPatent. Patented July 29, 1919.

Serial No. 288,073.

container and 2 a spout having a fixed relation thereto and attachednear the bottom thereof as by solder or usual ways. The container isresilient and expansible and in the present instance, comprises a wideband of sheet metal adapted to embrace and encircle the can and toextend from the top to the bottom thereof. One end of the band isindicated at 3 and has attached thereto a suitable handle 4. The otherand abutting end is indicated at 5 and the spout 2 is preferablyattached nearer this end so that as the ends are spread apart, thepuncturing knife 6 on the inside of the band at the base of the spoutwill have considerable movement. The knife itself is shown to be of aknown form comprising two angularly arranged inclined blades so that theknife is angular in cross section and tapered to a point. It is part ofthe perforated plate (not shown) spanning the base of the spout and isrigidly connected thereto and to the container or band.

In use, the can is inserted through the top of the band or container, asshown in Fig. 3, being arrested in position and thereafter supported bya flange 7 at the bottom. The can, indicated at A fits into and reactsagainst the end portion 3 while the end por tion 5 is flexed outwardlyso that the band is expanded and the container, as such, dis- 7 tended,this action being assisted by the cam action of the inclined knife 6 asthe bottom edge of the can is forced past it. After this position ofFig. 3 has been reached, the end 5 of the band is pressed into abutmentwith the end 3. In other words, the container is restored by externalsqueezing pressure to its normal condition which causes the knife 6 topuncture the can near the bot tom and permit its contents to flow intothe spout 2. The ends 3 and 5 are then secured at the bottom by a catch8 on the latter cooperating with the keeper projection 9 on the former.At the top, they are secured and the can closely confined bv the flange10 of a suitable cover 11 hinged to the band and, in the presentinstance, to the end 3 thereof at a point 12 just above the handle 4.When this cover is in closed position, it imparts firmness and rigidityto the whole structure.

If necessary, a gasket (not shown) or other form of packing may surroundthe knife 6 at the base of the spout to press against the exterior ofthe can and the interior of the containerto prevent possible leakage atthis point. A knife 13 may also be provided on the cover 11, preferablynear its hinge as indicated in dotted lines"in"-Fi'g:'

1, to puncture the top of the can A and allow air to enter so that thecontents Will "flow freely. 4 A device" constructed in accordance Withmy invention is of neat and :attractive -ap-w pearance and easilycleaned While its manufacture-does not-requireany fine adjustments 1.lnazzcanserver, the-combination with a band' of resilientmaterial-adapted to-em-i bracea can and"havingiseparableiend-p0r= tions,.of a, ,relatively rigid: pouring spout fixed t0 the outside 1 of theband 1 and having, a knife at its vbase on the inside of the'band circlea canandahaving,separable,--end po-rtions of a relatively rigidpouringspout fixed to. the outside of the-band and having 3} a knifeat itsbaseonthe inside of the a band adapted to puncture the :can Whentheband iscompressed about the .latter, and a a catch 1 for holding the. two ends:of the band together.

3.-In acan server," the combination With copiesuoi thisipatent maybexobtain'ed for .five cents each by addressing the Commissioner ofPaltehtw a band of resilient material adapted to enband 0fresilientmaterial adapted to encirole and inclose -a -can" and" havingseparable end-portions,- of a relatively -rig1d pouring i spent fixed tothe: outside of theband and having,-; a .lknife at its base on theinsideof" the bandadapted to puncture the can When the band is-compressedaboutthe-latter, a catch fob-holdingv the -two ends of the band together. atthe bottom, and a flanged cover hinged to the band and adapted toholdit" compressed. about the topwthereofsi 5. In; acan-server, thecombination with 1 a band OfrrI'GSlllQHb m'aterial having separableendportions movable toward and fromeachf-other---andadapted-to embrace acan, of a relatively rrigid pouring yspout fixedto the outside-of theband on one ofsuchvmow able portions and means for puncturing the--canat-the base-of the spout; I

- CARL VALE;

Washington, IDs-0."

